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Learning humility, purity and simple-living from those who don't take
too much from the earth...
Targetting the problems of hunger, disease and oppression that sadden
their lives...
Inspiring in each other trust, confidence and support for one another...
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Organising unions for economic Rights:1. Struggle for land distribution: Land being the basic resource in rural economy, without distribution of the land to the deserved, it is difficult to overcome the exploitation and also poverty. Agricultural workers, tenants and marginal farmers are the Rightful people to be the owners of the land. The centuries of their hard labour and knowledge systems shaped the land and developed the agricult more...

Achievements

Different activities related to the land appropriation struggles at state level:

1. Village wise data collection on the details of land alienation and pending land disputes. 2. Compilation and categorization of total land particulars throughout the state.3. Posters will be developed on the land issue to educate the masses in rural area. 4. Pamphlets and educational materials w more...

Summary

1 Background:

Andhra Pradesh Vyavasaya Vruthidarula Union is a state federation of 317 mandal level agricultural labourers unions spread over in 14 districts of A.P. The present membership of all federated mandal unions is 5.24 lakhs. It is a first registered state level federation in the state of Andhra Pradesh under trade union Act of 1926. The union has came into existence in the year 1991 and formed as full fledged federation at state level is in 1998. (Structure of the union is attached).

The annual membership collected from each member at mandal level is Rs.12/- per annum and the mandal unions pay Rs.1,000/- federation membership to the state union. The total membership resource of our state union is Rs.317,000/- per annum.